Historical Art of Canada

This gallery offers a view into Canadian history, as depicted by masterful artists and historical illustrations. This collection spans centuries, capturing pivotal moments, cultural shifts, and daily life across Canada’s vast and diverse landscapes. From detailed paintings and engravings of early exploration, such as Jacques Car...Read more
170 items in this collection sampler
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Watercolour - Tzartsiseucomy (Haida village) Emily Carr (1871-1945)
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4409-17492155
The West Wind. Date/Period: Winter 1916 - 1917. Unknown. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 1,207 mm (47.51 in); Width: 1,379 mm (54.29 in). Author: TOM THOMSON.
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995-87182
Salmon Fishing in Canada by Dan Beard, drawing, 1883
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4409-17489651
The Elements. Date/Period: 1916. Painting. Oil on wood-pulp board. Width: 91.8 cm. Height: 71.1 cm (overall). Author: J. E. H. MACDONALD.
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4443-19545114
Floating Iceberg Under Cloudy Skies, Newfoundland, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826-1900, Brush and oil paint, graphite on cardboard, Seascape depicting a long iceberg shaped like a fish. High bottom and top margin showing brownish grounding color., Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, July 1859, seascapes, Drawing, Drawing
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Mountain Solitude (Lake Oesa). Date/Period: 1932. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 66.7 cm. Height: 50.4 cm (overall). Author: J. E. H. MACDONALD.
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4409-17489649
Morning after Snow, High Park. Date/Period: 1912. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 25.7 cm. Height: 36 cm (overall). Author: J. E. H. MACDONALD.
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866-9106
Off the Coast of Labrador. William Bradford (1823-1892). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1862. 59 x 88.4cm
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900-1052
Quebec by unknown artist, etching
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4409-17492151
Boats Bateaux. Date/Period: 1916. Painting. Oil on wood. Width: 26.8 cm. Height: 21.5 cm (overall). Author: TOM THOMSON.
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1899-10671
Prince of Wales Hotel. ca. 1937, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada, 6512. PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL, WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA
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4048-16066509
BOY CHIEF, OJIBWA, by George Catlin, 1843, painting, oil on canvas. The Ojibwa (Ojibwe), are Anishinaabe people of Canada and the northern Midwestern United States. He wears a buffalo fur headdress, from which hang strands of beads. Beaded strands hang from his neckband. Most dramatic is his bear claw necklace (BSLOC_2019_9_17)
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4409-17489647
Falls, Montreal River. Date/Period: 1920. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 153 cm. Height: 121.9 cm (overall). Author: J. E. H. MACDONALD.
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4048-16066648
BLACKFEET. ACROSS THE PLAINS - ON THE WARPATH, 1905, by Charles M. Russell, watercolor and gouache on paper. Blackfeet Indians lived in the Northern Great Plains, specifically in Montana and Idaho as well as Alberta Canada in the 19th century (BSLOC_2019_9_94)
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1010-15120
Water Lilies in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada by Geza Biro, oil on canvas, 1984, b. 1919
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4048-16065869
War of 1812. The Burning of Washington, DC. British soldiers easily overwhelmed the American militia defenders of Washington DC, at the Battle of Bladensburg. After capturing the capital city, they burned US government buildings in retaliation for similar US actions in York, the capital of Upper Canada. August 24, 1814 (BSLOC_2019_6_113)
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1788-48594
The Niagara Falls, 1857, by Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), oil on canvas, 108x230 cm.
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4409-17492152
Autumn Foliage. Date/Period: 1915. Painting. Oil on wood. Width: 26.8 cm. Height: 21.6 cm (overall). Author: TOM THOMSON.
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1899-20226199
Swan and Geese.
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4409-17510645
Autumn Hillside. Date/Period: 1920. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 91.4 cm. Height: 76 cm (overall). Author: FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL.
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4048-16066510
Fort Garry, Manitoba, 1884. Winter scene of Fort Garry with Native Americans and Euro-Americans mingling in the courtyard. The trading post was built by the Hudson Bay Company in 1822 at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers in what is now Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Note the initials 'HBC' on the flag with a Union Jack in the upper corner (BSLOC_2019_9_171)
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4409-17492148
A Northern Lake. Date/Period: 1911/1921. Painting. Oil on composite wood-pulp board. Width: 26.7 cm. Height: 21.6 cm (overall). Author: TOM THOMSON.
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1109-1023
El Ruesto E'la Canada The Police Post Of Canada Rodolfo Ramos (b.1937/Argentinean) Zurbaran Galeria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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4409-17492153
Black Spruce and Maple. Date/Period: 1915. Painting. Oil on wood panel. Width: 26.7 cm. Height: 21.6 cm (overall). Author: TOM THOMSON.
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4220-810
CANADA Battle of Monongahela, near Fort Duquesne, between French and British colonial forces
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900-133066
Virginia to Canada map, 1595
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1899-10756
Boat Cruising Through Burrard Inlet. ca. 1934, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, from Burrard Inlet
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4443-19557202
Canada Lynx, John James Audubon, 1780 - 1851, Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper, Philadelphia, USA, USA, ca. 1845, animals, Print, Print
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4220-811
CANADA : BATTLE OF SAINTE-FOYE Le chevalier de Levis, Montcalm's successor, leads the French against the English, outside Quebec, and scores a minor victory
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1899-19135263
Canada/UK: Canadian Pacific Steamships poster for the British Empire Exhibition, London, 1924
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The Canada Lynx from the Life, Samuel Howitt, 1756-1822, British, ca. 1817, Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (22.5 × 17.1 cm), animal art, lynx
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866-13285
Canada Geese and Coot. Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901-1979). Pencil and watercolour. 45.7 x 58.4cm.
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1788-34562
Rue Des Recolets in Quebec, Canada 18th Century. Engraving.
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1899-19135856
UK/Canada: Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (1786 - 1847), British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic, 1828, National Archives of Canada
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1788-21481
Canada, Quebec, print of port of city
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Rocky Coast, Grand Manan, Canada, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826-1900, Black crayon, brush and white gouache on brown paper., Horizontal view of the rocky coast shown at right forming a cove with a sailboat in the middle distance., Canada, August 1851, seascapes, Drawing, Drawing
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4220-1303
Frontenac refuses to surrender Quebec to the English
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4220-2848
Montreal:general viewDate: 1846
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Toronto:Parliament BuildingsDate: 1909
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1788-36162
History of Exploration, 18th century. View of La Lorette in Canada, inhabited by Catholic Indians, August 1765.
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General Morgan's expedition to Quebec
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Toronto:distant view across the water Date: 1907
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Dollard dies at Montreal while fighting the Iroquois
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Quebec:general view from the sea Date: circa 1860
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Ottawa:Houses of Parliament Date: 20th century
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A VIEW OF DETROIT AND THE STRAITS, TAKEN FROM THE HURON CHURCH, by Edward Walsh, June 22, 1804. Medical officer, Lt. Walsh made this topographical watercolor for the British military in Upper Canada. Detroit, on the distance shore, was situated on the border of the US Northwest Territory and Upper Canada (BSLOC_2019_5_49)
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1788-53919
Emigrants in Canada, engraving by Follet and Leguay from a design by Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (1815-1884). Canada, 19th century.
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4220-2516
Church of Notre Dame deLourdes Date: 1884
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1788-53918
Emigrants on a raft in Canada, engraving by Follet and Leguay from a design by Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (1815-1884). Canada, 19th century.
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Canoe with Three Men, Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910, Crayon on paper, Sketch of three male figures in a canoe., Quebec, Canada, 1897, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing